Horsetail Extract Powder

Product Name     : Horsetail Extract Powder

Equisetum arvense L. commonly known as horsetail. It is a plant showing aerial stems, branched with regular verticilies 2-23 mm. in diameter. Leaves reduced to small scales, usually fused into sheaths around stems and branches. Spore clusters are long-stalked, blunt-tipped cones at tip of fertile stems. The horsetail has been used in form of a herbal tea in folk medicine as a diuretic agent since antiquity. Extract from horsetail is used as a pain relieving agent, antinociceptive, antioxidant and anti-inflammatory. The active components of horsetail include Flavonoids and Triterpenoids such as Kaempferol, Apigenin, Ursolic acid, Oleanolic acid and Betulinic acid.

Description

Product Name     : Horsetail Extract Powder

Botanical Name  : Equisetum arvense Linn.

Family Name      :  EQUISETACEAE

Common Name  : Horsetail

Part Used           : Stem

Equisetum arvense L. commonly known as horsetail. It is a plant showing aerial stems, branched with regular verticilies 2-23 mm. in diameter. Leaves reduced to small scales, usually fused into sheaths around stems and branches. Spore clusters are long-stalked, blunt-tipped cones at tip of fertile stems. The horsetail has been used in form of a herbal tea in folk medicine as a diuretic agent since antiquity. Extract from horsetail is used as a pain relieving agent, antinociceptive, antioxidant and anti-inflammatory. The active components of horsetail include Flavonoids and Triterpenoids such as Kaempferol, Apigenin, Ursolic acid, Oleanolic acid and Betulinic acid.

Active Ingredients of Horsetail Extract

Properties & ApplicationAntioxidantAnti-inflammatoryAntimicrobial

Diuretic

This extract is applicable in food supplement, cosmetic and healthy drink products such as herbal tea and capsule.